Chapter 389: Ten Thousand Lights Radiant Glory

Setting aside whether True Monarch Buyi has any good intentions, whether he would leave behind any safe points, or whether he might have accidentally left behind such a loophole in space.

In any case, Du En was quite wary of this radiance-filled space that resembled a holy domain, and he would not absorb even a clean bit of Qi.

Even if the resonance of the Radiant Glory Canon was more pronounced, as if they were of the same lineage! When things are abnormal, there must be demons! Furthermore, although their lights resonated with each other, upon careful investigation, he still sensed the differences existing at their foundation! It only looked the same, or perhaps it should be said that the dim light, in the presence of the bright light, was like being merged and illuminated by it, no longer possessing its own radiance?

A hierarchy of light? Du En felt something was wrong somewhere.

However, one thing was certain: the technique he had already mastered, Radiant Glory, was actually inferior to the Residual Radiance here? Yes, Residual Radiance! Du En walked through this radiant space and had already followed the path to the high platform.

Here, one could see a broken egg, about ten zhang in size, empty inside, its temperature long since lost, with only the Residual Radiance of the bright light continuously radiating from it, illuminating all directions, thereby influencing and creating this magnificent, pure, and peculiar space that was neither on the surface nor in the inner layer.

He tilted his head to look at the hanging lamp; the holy light here appeared somewhat unique, not covered by it, nor did it appear to be assimilated, but looking closely, it was actually the same as him, having a situation of mutual resonance.

It was not her...

Thinking this, Du En paused slightly.

He had finally realized where that bit of wrongness was!

In fact, this leftover eggshell did indeed radiate light from the inside out in all directions, but this light was not as simple as it looked, shining with gold.

Light reflects; it maps! When it shines on objects, it directly maps out their original brilliance, but when it shines on people and living things, it maps out the light of those people and living things.

And it just so happened that Du En cultivated the Radiant Glory Canon, and the core of his spiritual body was Radiant Glory, so it therefore mapped out his own light, and naturally, the two would have a strong resonance.

But this was ultimately just a mapping of light, or rather, it mapped that small part that was the same as his own, while there was still a vast majority that was completely different from him.

The Source of Ten Thousand Lights, the Ten Thousand Lights Radiant Glory; it was simply an object of this level, simply as if it contained the Law of Light itself!

It was not that one who only had a fraction of its brilliance could not find a way to utilize it, but if one rashly chose to accept it entirely, it would only lead to oneself being truly submerged, assimilated, and completely merged into the ten thousand lights! It was like a barrier to Nascent Soul transformation; it really was a very bright trap-cum-pie! Du En's eyes closed slightly, his gaze wandering, wanting to pick up some treasures here.

Regardless of what this egg once nurtured, or whether it failed to break through the barrier of Nascent Soul transformation or similar obstacles, leaving behind the current situation, since he had already seen through its nature, it was now just an empty shell.

It had long since lost its temperature and held no danger at all... In any case, having come before the remains of a treasure mountain, one must, of course, see if one could pick up something to take back.

—The eggshell as a whole could not be taken away, because it was at least sixth-rank, or even seventh-rank, existing in tandem with this space, serving as its foundation, like a unique blessed land, so even the blessed land Kongsang Mountain could not contain it! Du En searched around the high platform and actually found a piece of eggshell fragment that could be taken away.

One chi long, irregular, light as a feather when picked up, looking like a crystal of light, somewhat like the strange object Thousand-Change Shimmer he once had in his hands, but that shimmer was just a beam of light, confined within a specific crystal container.

And although this eggshell fragment was thin, only one inch thick, it was solid, a crystal of ten thousand lights! Perhaps it was a reward specifically left here by True Monarch Buyi?

In any case, since it was in his hands, it was naturally his.

"A thousand years ago, the God awoke from the deep underground, gazing at the world outside the dark and enclosed space, attempting to fly out of the cage of confinement, and finally managed to poke its head out, but could only see a desolate wasteland, discovering that it was all alone..."

Hm? Du En's movements paused slightly.

Just now, the Holy God seemed to be somewhat emotional, but upon careful identification, its hanging lamp remained silent, and its gaze was also somewhat wandering and patrolling; it had not spoken.

Then, was it an echo recorded on this eggshell fragment? Echoing the voice of the Holy God, or someone else? He turned his gaze back to the eggshell fragment, flipping it over and over, but heard no more murmurs, so he could only put it into Kongsang Mountain first, then stood up.

Time to go.

This action expressed that meaning.

Now, it was the Holy God's hanging lamp that appeared somewhat reluctant to leave.

However, it still followed him as he drifted away.

As the gate to the secret space closed silently, the radiance no longer flowed into the dark underground of the Holy Mausoleum, and sparse, subtle sounds began to arise.

It was the mutated Qi backflowing, instantly breeding many fluorite crystal clusters, appearing somewhat claw-baring and fanged.

The Holy God's hanging lamp emitted a higher brightness, and mausoleum soil immediately covered the gate silently.

Just as when he had first arrived, the mutated Qi also quickly returned to normal.

Everything seemed as if it had never changed.

Du En watched as he backed away, then turned around to leave the underground.

He arrived at the passage leading to the surface and headed toward the ground.

His pace was fast, hurrying without stopping.

The earthen tunnel gradually turned into a white stone tunnel, followed by remnants of stairs and various statues; although they had become fragmented in the rampage of the corpse swarm and the growth of fluorite, they still retained that touch of solemnity and order.

Until a "skylight" with faint mottled light appeared in Du En's eyes.

"To prevent the disturbed dead from going to the surface, and also to stop the living on the surface from entering the Holy Mausoleum, making everything worse, I broke the path of departure, and it became what it is now."

The Holy God returned to its initial state, giving this explanation, while Du En had already stood on the ground a thousand zhang below the skylight, looking up at the skylight and watching the mottled light.

Without any change in expression, his legs exerted force suddenly, and he flew straight up.

The thousand zhang passed in the blink of an eye; without needing any other means, he easily crossed the skylight and landed at the entrance of the tomb, where the dim light was shining in obliquely, covering the skylight perfectly.

He continued to walk silently and soon truly stepped out of this so-called Holy Mausoleum.

Red strange trees, dim sunlight, and corpse parts were scattered everywhere; from afar, one could see them bursting open from time to time, mixing with viscous dark fluids and spraying out crystal spores of the fluorite disease.

It was a terrible epidemic that lived up to its name, and using the corpses of living beings as petri dishes, it was still spreading and worsening; the situation would only become worse and worse!

(End of chapter)